so relatively mild out there this morning. i stepped outside and thought wow it's not cool at all. 68 in napa. upper 60s for the peninsula. upper 60s to low 70s for the inland east bay. take a look at what is in the north. we've got some rain here. for today it will hold off. we will have that possibility of a few scattered showers for your afternoon. especially over the north by. but by the weekend this is moving in. in fact, we will wake up tomorrow morning with scattered showers. i'll have a look at that and detail the timeline of your weekend coming up. good morning, sal. >> reporter: good. >> good morning, rosemary. we are starting off with the bay bridge northbound. once you get on to the bridge it looks good. look at the east span for you traffic is moving well. if you are driving in the bay area right now 580 traffic looks good so far any way

coming in from the altamont pass. let's go back to the desk. >> thank you, sal. topping our news this morning lawmakers in sacramento may vote as early as today to suspend state senator leland yee. tara moriarty is right in front of yee's sunset district home with what comes next for this once prominent bay area politician. >> reporter: yes we are once again in front of his home but there is no sign he is actually here. he has not spoken publicly since his arrest. while his colleagues are calling for his resignation, yee's attorney says his client has no intention of resigning. china town is the area that yee grew up as a teenager. he worked there a lot as a polishings. democratic leaders have tried for decades to motivate more people to vote. yee's attorney announced yesterday his client has withdrawn from secretary of state. >> it's a very personal choice and so that is the choice he

has made without any political implications. it's the personal thing he wanted to do. >> reporter: yee was one of 26 people caught up in a five year federal sting targeting a known china town gangster that has went straight. he was charged wednesday with conspiring to traffic firearms. fbi agents say they each took bribe money in order to pay off a $75 campaign $75,000 campaign fund. live from san francisco i'm tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. >> we are also learning more now some of the other 26 people arrested in that same fbi sting. one is sports agent march listen sullivan. the fbi accuses sullivan of

plotting with under cover agents with a murder for hire plot, drug trafficking, and sales of credit cards. >> i was shocked, stunned, and saddened for any allegation. >> keith jackson's son brandon also accused in the sting. now stay with us here ktvu channel 2 for the very latest that is on state senator leland yee and the charges in this case. we will bring you the latest right here. a teenage boy is in stable

condition after being shot last night in san francisco. it happened around 8:00 on kirkwood avenue in the city's hunter point district. officers quickly sealed off the block. the boy was 14 years old and shot in the upper body. the shooting remains under investigation. washington state is bracing for impending news they don't want to hear. the death toll following that massive mud slide. at least 90 people are still missing. so far everyone who has been found alive was rescued within the first few hours. still rescuers are holding out hope for a miracle and refuse to call it a recovery operation. >> we are not going to run big heavy equipment over areas that we could collapse areas that have a survivor. i want to brace everyone that

is a slim chance. >> they are angry with local officials for refusing them to join the search immediately after the slide where the chances to find survivors were the greatest. and today more local volunteers will head out to help with the relief efforts. nine more volunteers are going to provide support and comfort to people awaiting information on missing loved ones. if you'd like to help, the red cross says the best way is by donating money saying it has plenty of supplies and volunteers. pg&e says it expects to face federal criminal charges as a adult of the deadly san bruno pipeline explosion. it killed eight people, injured dozens of others and destroyed 38 homes. the utility has been accused of poor recordkeeping, poor maintenance, and failure to identify safety threats. pg&e says it expects u.s. prosecutors to file criminal charges any day now. >> nothing can bring back the

lives that were lost. the ruin that occurred. if pg&e is -- if the u.s. attorney determine there is is criminal negligence, then certainly criminal charges should be filed. >> pg&e released a statement apologizing again for the disaster. since the blast the company has launched a massive effort to test and repair all of its pipelines. today a former santa claire rap elementary school principal is expected to find out if he all stand trial on drug charges. eric lewis was arrested in 2012 on five charges of selling drugs. methamphetamine, ecstasy, and a date rape drug were found in his home. lewis had been principal of montague elementary school in santa clara. there are a lot of questions following a bizarre series of events in the south bay that ended with a young

woman losing her life. she was killed when a train struck her car at east central avenue and butterfield boulevard in morgan hill. investigators say it all started when she aparticipantly sideswiped a parked car. ktvu obtained home security video that shows her driving. >> she was panicked and made a u-turn and beeline and hit that way. >> she went down two dead end streets and over a curb and on to the tracks. police say it appears she was trying to drive away as the train approached. they are waiting for lab tests to see if drugs or alcohol were involved. police say the suspect robbed a woman at the bank of america atm on wednesday night. you see the man's red sedan in the upper red hand corner. he demanded the woman's money and then made off with her vell

phone-- cell phone. the woman was not hurt. now crews have shifted their focus to a slightly different area after radar data suggests the plane flew faster than previously thought. the new search zone is about 1,000 miles west of purse, australia. although weather is calmer there, searchers say the area is still considerable and conditions are challenging. >> this is our best estimate of the area in which the aircraft is likely to have crashed into the ocean. >> although the plane has not been found, chinese insurance companies have begun paying compensation to some of the passengers families. relatives have received about $50,000 per person but analysts predict that malaysia airlines and insurers could pay $750 million in restitution. today members of congress

will gather at los angeles international airport to talk about the lessons learned from the attack that killed a security officer and injured three people last near. it comes after a report was released last week showing a major relapse in the emergency respond time. and they will talk about the findings of a tsa report. the season for the stanford men's basketball team has come to an end. tenth seeded stanford ushered z out of the tournament by 11 seed dayton last night. one stanford star was overcome with emotion after that final buzzard. >> it's tough. there is a senior. rachel had a wonderful story on this kid. >> hard particularly for the

seniors the season now over for the stanford men. not all lost for the cardinal fans during this tournament because the stanford women host penn state in the sweet 16 on sunday. that is at home at maples pavilion. >> good for them but pretty bad for our california teams overall. >> i know. time is 4:31. coming up she tried to sneak on a plane bound for ohio. now a 62-year-old woman is under arrest once again. what she did this time that landed her in jail. >> money for your commute. details on the plan to encourage car pooling and mass transit and what you need to know to save cash. >> good morning. right now we are still looking at a commute that looks pretty good. westbound on 24 coming up to the tunnel, coming up we will tell you more about the toll plaza, bay bridge, and the san mateo bridge. >> unsettled weather remains in the forecast today. coming up we will see a few passing showers for the afternoon and timeline for

storms moving in.

national weather service has con termed a tornado has slammed into -- this is after a tornado ripped through the area. pretty amazing to see. homeowners picking up the pieces of their damaged homes as they get ready for rainy and windy weather. >> they moved some of the fence pieces. they had to really do some extensive repairs up high. >> i kept saying stay away from the windows. and now i understand why. >> winds as strong as 85 miles an hour caused major damage to dozens of homes. no reports of any injuries. the late winter storm could keep ski resorts open a little longer. up to 21 inches of fresh powder has fallen in the sierra. more set to fall tonight. this is video from kirkwood. where they have been enjoying the fresh powder.

all 2300-acres are open for skiers and borders to enjoy. head up there, brian. >> i will. time is 4:44. new this morning there is a delay in the murder trial of oscar pistorius. the defense was going to present its case today but one of her two legal aids was sick. the trial which started a month ago is now scheduled to resume on monday april 7th. pistorius admits to shooting and killing his girlfriend but he mistook her for an intruder. starting this fall thousands of bay area workers will be getting a new benefit that could save them hundreds of dollars. local companies that have 50 full-time workers will be required to one new program to encourage using public transit. there are four options. most companies are expected to choose the option that lets workers set aside $130 a month from their taxable income. >> this is very similar to a flexible spending account. more people may be familiar

with that. they can be used for transit costs. >> other options include subsidizing up to $75 a month in commuting costs or providing private shuttles like the ones used by many tech companies. they may also come up with an alternative plan that could get workers out of their cars. there are new concerns about a danger to wildlife caused by california's drought. they are focusing on the exes of toxins in the bay. during rainy years, the toxins are usually deluded or washed out of the bay. but because it hasn't rained very much, chemicals remain in the bay. biologists are were i ared low water levels will let them spread. >> now the clam is here. we're now going to allow it to go further up river and by doing that we increase the area the clam is available to their predators. >> high levels of one chemical

imparticular is blamed for deformed ducks and fish in the wildlife refuge during the 1980s. scientists say the best way to prevent a similar problem now is for more rain to fall. which is unlikely to happen this season. tomorrow we will get a good storm but it's not enough they say to really dilute the waters. it's that time to check on traffic. let's go to pam. >> good morning everybody. let's take a look at what we have now. traffic is moving along relatively well. it is a nice looking drive on 880. the morning drive is morning well on westbound i-80.

and if you are driving on the nimitz freeway, so far so good. no problems on the dumbarton bridge but a lot of people are already on that commute. let's go to rosemary. okay for your friday we are mainly dry. i do want to take a look at satellite. water vapor showing you plenty of moisture overhead. this ahead of the next system that will bring us rain in time for your saturday. i will give you a look here. there is the center of the circulation. there is the front moving into northern california over the course of today. and again likely to hold off for the most part until the overnight hours for the bay area. let me show you here. picking it up we are mostly cloudy over the north bay. a little bit of light drizzle. most of us will be partly cloudily, mostly dry. there is the shower activity you can see over northern california. by 4:00 in the afternoon it's now maybe heading into areas

like ukiah, north bay you remain mostly cloudy. as we get into the overnight hours, the rain begins to fall over the north bay and then it begins to shift south. by 7:00 it's over the central bay. by 9:00, 10:00 it's over the south bay. so we are all getting wet. lots of moderate to steady rain. is and for the afternoon light rain and scattered showers for here into sunset. we can still see we have scattered showers over the south bay. we are mostly cloudy over central and north bay. and we will have scattered showers for the second half of your ever weekend. we will wake up with steady rain. we are likely to be soggy. for the sierra -- along the west slope all the way into the lake higher elevations could pick up another foot to two

feet of snow. if you are planning on heading up to the sierra, be prepared watches and warnings in place for tonight into saturday. 67 vallejo. 67 in oakland. 64 for san francisco. upper 60s to near 70 degrees for our inland communities. 69 san jose. 67 santa cruz. the extended forecast here with your bay area weekend always in view. so today again the calm before the storm. we wake up with another round of rain moving our way. sunday partly cloudy. low 60s in the forecast for our afternoon. here comes another round of rain for your back to work monday with scattered showers into tuesday as well. a recall is out for the popular weight loss drug ally. it comes after 12 customers complained they found tablets in capsules of different shapes and sizes in the bottles. some were even missing labels.

the makers of the drug are working with the fda to investigate the alleged tampering. cover california is giving people extra two weeks to finish applying for health insurance as long as they start the enrollment process by monday. call centers like this one in concord have been indated as the march 31st deadline approaches. because of that surge in demand, cover california softened the deadline a bit as long as you begin the process by midnight on monday you have until midnight april 15th to finish signing up. after creating quite a buzz at the went every olympics, ten rescued dogs from sochi arrived in washington, d.c.. now animal rescue groups across the country are bringing some of the stray dogs into their shelters. each dog will get a medical evaluation if all goes well the dogs could be available for adoption within weeks. time is 4:51. coming up facebook could be the latest company to use drones. how the company plans to use

the devices to get you online. >> and three americans held captive in iran. what they are reveals in a new book.

welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. 4:53. a woman is recovering after

being rescued from lake merit late last night. it happened just before 9:00. you can see a water rescue crew from the oakland fire department approaching the woman there. a spokesman says they don't know why the woman went into the water in the first place. east bay man accused of crashing into and killing a marine is charged where murder. investigators say he drank at least four whiskies and got behind the wheel of his mini cooper early tuesday morning. yone ran a red light and slammed into 23-year-old marine andrew silva. >> he comes back here, this is home, this is supposed to be safe, this is where everybody is supposed to feel at peace. one person makes a dumb mistake and all of this happens. >> a memorial continues to grow at the intersection where the

crash occurs. it includes silva's military boots, american flags, and photos of him in uniform standing with his wife. it has been five years since three uc berkeley graduates were locked up in an iranian prison. now they are dribbing their ordeal in a new book. they took the stage in berkeley last night to read from their memoir. it details the story of their capture and their time in jail. they say they had a tough time staying sane. [ inaudible ] >> i was so desperate in solitary confinement that i was looking forward to interrogations. >> they spent almost twice that long behind bars. their release only came after an iranian court convicted the two men of spying. they will appear at the commonwealth club tonight.

even though we are still a few days away to the official start of the baseball season, baseball has officially returned to the bay area. last night fans poured into at & t park for the first game of the annual baseball world series. the two teams will play again tonight in san francisco and then tomorrow in oakland. and there will be something new on the menu at the oakland coliseum when the regular season starts on monday. the a's official sponsoring soft drink will be zivea. it has no artificial sweeteners and zero calories. the a's have always done things differently on and off the field but pepsi and diet pepsi will also still be available. facebook says it has big plans to use drones to provide worldwide access to the internet. he wants to help five billion more people get online. mark zuckerberg says that would happen at what he calls a

connectivity lab or top aerospacing communication where experts would work together. but zuckerberg would not comment on reports that they plan to buy titan aerospace. we will continue to have the coverage of the corruption charges against leland yee. how his arrest could have a major impact on two important proposals dealing with guns. >> the biggest project of its kind in 30 years. the major changes that will happen this morning. >> good morning. traffic is moving along pretty well if you are driving on northbound 101 approaching the 80 split. the traffic is going to be getting busier in some places. we'll tell you where. >> mostly cloudy, mainly dry for your friday but the dry weather is not going to last. we have another storm on the way. i will show you when we expect to get wet coming up.

we're live in san francisco at state senator leland yee's home where he's refusing to resign but his colleagues could be forced to suspend him. >> a warning in the east bay about a possible scam artist tarting drivers.

>> and major changes could be coming to muni soon. the important vote that could be taken by san francisco transit officials later on this morning. >> a few isolated showers in the forecast for today as a new storm heads our way. when we can all expect to get wet coming up. good morning. we are outside state senator leland yee's home once again in san francisco. the sunset district. there is a big vote expected at the state capitol today as a result of his corruption arrest. we will get to that story in a moment. it is friday, march 28th i'm pam cook. >> good morning, i'm dave clark. steve is off but we have rosemary. >> yes, good morning to you. we are giving you a look at the satellite and radar. a little bit of drizzle out there in the